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newsletter issue 286

newsletter issue 286

APRIL 20, 2026

APRIL 20, 2026

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If you had the misfortune of watching episode one of Euphoria season three this weekend, my thoughts and prayers are with you. I urge you to check out i-D’s new cover story with Petra Collins, where Thom Bettridge brings up the fact that Euphoria is (or at least, used to be) built entirely on Collins’s body of work. “You said it, not me…” she responds. LOL! Will I be watching the rest of the show? While I love Zendaya and Alexa Demie, it’s highly unlikely. Beef season two is out (featuring two cameos by homegrown brand Cord), which feels like a far better use of precious TV time. Or you could watch Project Hail Mary or The Drama.


That said, Coachella weekend two from the comfort of my couch was highly entertaining. I can’t get over Sabrina Carpenter’s phenomenal performance with Madonna, which included not one but two bangers: ‘Vogue’ and ‘Like a Prayer’. Elite. I am also not over the fact that Billie Eilish got to be the ‘One Less Lonely Girl’ during Justin Bieber’s set. Her reaction was so pure and unhinged. Same, Billie, same. It doesn’t matter if you have more Grammys. Once a Belieber, always a Belieber.


Below, your weekly dose of fashion and beauty from The Nod.

If you had the misfortune of watching episode one of Euphoria season three this weekend, my thoughts and prayers are with you. I urge you to check out i-D’s new cover story with Petra Collins, where Thom Bettridge brings up the fact that Euphoria is (or at least, used to be) built entirely on Collins’s body of work. “You said it, not me…” she responds. LOL! Will I be watching the rest of the show? While I love Zendaya and Alexa Demie, it’s highly unlikely. Beef season two is out (featuring two cameos by homegrown brand Cord), which feels like a far better use of precious TV time. Or you could watch Project Hail Mary or The Drama.


That said, Coachella weekend two from the comfort of my couch was highly entertaining. I can’t get over Sabrina Carpenter’s phenomenal performance with Madonna, which included not one but two bangers: ‘Vogue’ and ‘Like a Prayer’. Elite. I am also not over the fact that Billie Eilish got to be the ‘One Less Lonely Girl’ during Justin Bieber’s set. Her reaction was so pure and unhinged. Same, Billie, same. It doesn’t matter if you have more Grammys. Once a Belieber, always a Belieber.


Below, your weekly dose of fashion and beauty from The Nod.

 

Chloe Chou, Fashion & Beauty Writer

Chloe Chou, Fashion & Beauty Writer

 

 

Fashion

Fashion

Think art gallery—but for Benarasi saris

Think art gallery—but for Benarasi saris

Plus, kidswear to spark wardrobe envy in grownups, fun ceramics, and more of The Nod’s current obsessions

Plus, kidswear to spark wardrobe envy in grownups, fun ceramics, and more of The Nod’s current obsessions


The musician Swayam Siddha Priyadarshi

Fashion

Fashion

Swayam can strum the strings. But he can also turn them into jewellery

Swayam can strum the strings. But he can also turn them into jewellery

Fluent in Indian textiles as much as ragas, the sitarist believes the best outfits are the ones you can take apart and play with. And those striking ear cuffs? Homemade

Fluent in Indian textiles as much as ragas, the sitarist believes the best outfits are the ones you can take apart and play with. And those striking ear cuffs? Homemade

Hair & Makeup

Hair & Makeup

Working from office—or from the salon?

Working from office—or from the salon?

A growing number of professionals are swapping desk lunches for gel sets, scalp treatments, and express facials

A growing number of professionals are swapping desk lunches for gel sets, scalp treatments, and express facials


 

Fashion

Fashion

Wait, did Zara just drop Manuja Waldia merch?

Wait, did Zara just drop Manuja Waldia merch?

The Goa-based artist on Rekha, Parveen Babi and the sisterhood themed T-shirts she has designed for the high-street fashion giant

The Goa-based artist on Rekha, Parveen Babi and the sisterhood themed T-shirts she has designed for the high-street fashion giant

 

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